Exam 2: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

The social environment includes family, friends, work groups, and political systems.

What are the five themes that permeate social work practice?

Organizations and communities are considered _____ systems.

Advocacy involves actively intervening in order to help clients get what they need.

Conservatives believe that it's the government's job to protect people from impediments and provide a nurturing environment in which they can thrive.

Prior to the Great Depression of the 1930s, the ______ approach to social welfare dominated.

What are your suggestions for achieving a sustainable global society?

The Academy of Social Workers is the organization that accredits social work programs and specifies required content.

Knowledge about social work research is important for two basic reasons. What are they?

The Triple A approach to critical thinking involves:

_____ refers to the idea that in a perfect world all citizens would have identical rights, protection, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits.

Explain the residual, institutional, and developmental perspectives on social welfare. In which perspective do you believe? Why?

Define the Triple A approach to critical thinking.

Conservatives generally believe:

_____ is the identification of the nature and extent of client needs and concerns, as well as critical information about client resources and supports and other environment factors so that a helping plan can be devised and implemented.

Baccalaureate social workers are required to complete a maximum of 200 hours of field experience supervised by a social work practitioner.

The medical model of social work practice combines the system and environment approaches.

NASW stands for Nurturance and Acceptance in Social Work.

Define a target system and cite four examples of possible targets of change.

Families lie somewhere between _____ systems.